"The new Chair of the Democratic
National Committee must be someone who can rebuild the party structure
from the ground up in all 50 states, utilizing the best talents from
within both our elected leadership and our party leadership. He
must be able to articulate our views persuasively, but also understand
that there are many strong voices within our party and that often the
best messengers don’t sit in Washington, DC, but rather live throughout
the nation. The new DNC Chair must have a keen and deep
understanding of our party’s base and its foundation built upon
opportunity, fairness, justice and love of country. There are
elections to run and races to be won in every state. We must
challenge Republicans everywhere – even on their own turf - and never
concede the moral high ground."